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July 1, 2024

Former legislator remembered

Family, friends and colleagues remembered former police commissioner and legislator Vernon Malone during an official funeral on Saturday morning at the Multi-purpose Sports Complex. Mr. Malone, who died on May …

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by Allison Vaughn
February 1, 2024

Malone funeral Friday

Former government minister Carvin Malone will lie in state at the House of Assembly from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, and his funeral is slated to start at 8 …

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by Allison Vaughn
October 4, 2022

Former minister lies in state in Sea Cows Bay

Former legislator Cyril Lewis Walters laid in state on Sept. 29 at the Sea Cows Bay Methodist Church following a House of Assembly resolution passed on Sept. 27 in his …

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by Dana Kampa
September 23, 2022

Premier, governor attend Queen’s funeral

The world watched this week as Queen Elizabeth II was laid to rest following her death on Sept. 8, and Virgin Islands leaders joined in mourning both here and in …

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by Dana Kampa
September 19, 2022

EDITORIAL: A healthy dialogue at the end of an era

The death of Queen Elizabeth II marks the end of an era. This month, the curtain dropped on a record 70-year reign that saw the Queen greet 15 British prime …

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by BVI Beacon
Queen Elizabeth II
April 6, 2021

EDITORIAL: Government should explain funeral case

The government should explain in detail the circumstances that led to funeral-goers being exposed to Covid-19 last month in a potential super-spreader event even as the territory apparently jumped from …

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by BVI Beacon
July 7, 2020

After wife’s Covid death, widower left with questions

When Deputy Premier Carvin Malone announced on April 16 that a patient at Dr. Orlando Smith Hospital had tested positive locally for Covid-19, he implied that she had waited too …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
Maria and Lorenzo Vinuya
November 12, 2018

‘A mother to the entire community’: Rep. Delores Christopher remembered

With 50 years in public life to her name, three-time legislator and Fifth District Representative Delores Christopher was not only a mother to her three children but “a mother to …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK

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